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suckanhock
(gcide) | Seawan \Sea"wan\, Seawant \Sea"want\, n.
The name used by the Algonquin Indians for the shell beads
which passed among the Indians as money.
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Note: Seawan was of two kinds; wampum, white, and
suckanhock, black or purple, -- the former having
half the value of the latter. Many writers, however,
use the terms seawan and wampum indiscriminately.
--Bartlett.
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Suckanhock
(gcide) | Suckanhock \Suck"an*hock\, n. [Of American Indian origin.]
A kind of seawan. See Note under Seawan.
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suckanhock
(gcide) | Seawan \Sea"wan\, Seawant \Sea"want\, n.
The name used by the Algonquin Indians for the shell beads
which passed among the Indians as money.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Seawan was of two kinds; wampum, white, and
suckanhock, black or purple, -- the former having
half the value of the latter. Many writers, however,
use the terms seawan and wampum indiscriminately.
--Bartlett.
[1913 Webster]Suckanhock \Suck"an*hock\, n. [Of American Indian origin.]
A kind of seawan. See Note under Seawan.
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